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THE GAZETTE-TIMES '-
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Publish every Thursday morning by
fend entered at the Post oflo fct Hepp
ner, Oregon, aa vond-el matter.
AITLU A I IO
personally approve
ul.Kt's ilspy voted iu a
m.ii'.riT 11 ii : i 1 in honnr t!iv .n.t
be relieved o as to express thetr real ' U' on 11,9 nniVt'rsarr t the day
r!:o!v. Those who sought through in mS bllh marked that spirit s
t'.p pr;:i..iry a na:ioD-ide test of supreme achievement,
sentiment were called upon for en-; "It is not with vanity but with
ormous expenditures. There may j wholesome pride in the triumph of
have been evils in the old convention our arms in the most crucial test of
svieru or cnoosing candidates. Not! strength In history." writes Franklin
only has the preference primary fan- j D'Olier, National Commander of the
ea to enect a cure, but also in the
o : process it has created even greater
evils of its o1 n. Leslie's Weekly.
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Luxurious America
We are getting to be a most lui
unuua nation, iou see it in jour
midst every day; the rich man's lady
going to the opera wearing a couple
or hundred thousand dollars' worth
of gems and the laborer going to
his work in the factory wearing
10 silk shirt.
The nation's imports increased less
than TWO billion dollars' worth in
1914 to about FIVE billions iu the
f,seal year ending June 1, 1920.
In 1S14 America imported about
one hundred and thirty-five million
dollars' worth of silk; iu 1920 we
boosted these figures up to five hun
dred and sixty millions, of which 90
per cent was nothing but foolishness.
The cost of diamonds and precious
stones imported in 1920 was $120,-
U0U.000 as against $25,000,000 in
1914. All for vulgar display. In
1914, iwe imported fourteen million
dollars' worth of furs. Isn't it aw
ful?
ine iruiu is that this country is
in a frenzy of w ild extravagance. We
hope that it is a short-lived mania
because all history shows that na
tions which gave themselves up to
luxuries, went dawn to disaster and
then lost their independence and lib
erty.
A Problem for Our Readers
Here is a problem of today that
the readers of the Gazette-Times
might solve.
When prohibition went into effect
last January 16, there were 60 mil
lion gallons of whiskey in America.
In the less than six months that have
elapsed, 15 million gallons of that
booze has disappeared, probably
most of it drank up. Anyway there
are still plenty of drunks in all our
cities. The whiskey got into circu
lation, of course, through bogus cer
tificates and illicit sales.
There are aboiu 4 5 million gal
lons left. The question is: What
shall become of it?
One side of the argument is that
the government should put such safe
guards around the remaining booze
that n-o more of it shall disappear.
This twould very largely stop the
drunkenness still existent. Of course,
the present stocks are property and
therefore cannot be confiscated and
destroyed.
The other side of the argument is
that it Is better to permit the laxness
or tne last six months. At that rate
of consumption, the whiskey will all
be gone in another IS months and
then there will be no more. Thest
arguers say that if the 45 million
gallons on hand is guarded even with
the greatest honesty on the part of
government officials, the demand for
It will be so great that it will be a
constant incentive for bribers, bur
glars and other criminals. Thus in
addition to the vice of drinking the
stuff Iwe will be tempting men to
sin in order to get it.
What shall be done with the whis
key Incubus?
Moonshining is most certainly a
hazardous occupation yet the boys
are willing to take the chance.
Says the Condon Globe-Times It
is a good safe bet that the next pres
ident of the United States (will come
from Ohio and the next best bet we
know of is that his name will be
Harding.
The single taxers don't like La
Follette. This Is the first occasion
wherein the single taxers have been
in accord Iwith the rest of the coun
try. Portland Telegram.
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Slats' Diary
Friday Jake's uncle has a dog
w ich found 3 little puppys & he sed
he named them at-
.-..-.iter 3 greek Flosi-
fera. He calls
,them Cato, Pluto
& Alto.
oaiuraay it is
' very queer here at
home as pa is not
working on a reg
lar job. I ast him
wot is the meen
tng wen you say
The war Iwas won
in the kitchen. And
he sed Ast jure
ma she wins all of
hers there.
Sunday Sum
of us kids was
playing ball today
& the Dreecher
ketched us & he sed 2 Jake You
ihouldnt ought 2 play ball on Sunday
I" you do you wont git 2 go 2 heavin
Jake sed I'ersonly 1 dont care 2 go 2
eavin l wood rather stay with pa
& ma.
-Monday Pa went 2 a sail (where
m fine chickens was sold He want
ed a good Hen & wen she Vaa nut
up he looked wise & bid three $ RiAt
away sum guy bid thirty S & she sold
for sixty $. Some hen I'll say. Pa
sed he kndws good poletry wen he
sees it.
Tuesday pa ast Jake's pa was he
going on a plashure trip this seesin
his pa sed Yes he had intended
2 but his wife desided 2 go along 2.
Wednesday I was bizzy hoeing in
the garden & thinking of J. E. & all
& my sunday skool teecher cum by
& sed Slats is that a war garden &
I sed it shure was wen ma & pa are
working in it.
Thursday I put on my nelw sute
& went 2 the movys 2 see Bill Hart
J. E. was there. She looked at
me but I diddent know if she was
smileing at me or Just laffing at me.
For such 'comrades and their countrymen in aTViirto- Tn-n rM t Cf-i,
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uci i, un oaiuraay ior umana ;
I Thirty two cars of live stock went
I out of the local yards last Saturday
afternoon, billed for Omaha, It was
a mixed train, there being twenty
cars of sheep and 12 cars of cattle.
The shippers of sheep iwere: Minor
& Matlock, 4 cars; Penland & Co., 1
car; Ellis Minor. 1 car; Minor ft
Thompson, 3 cars; C. A. Minor, 1
car; R. J. Carsner, 7 cars; Stevens
Bros., 2 cars; John Kilkenny, 1 car.
Cattle shippers were: Peters, 8
cars and Forrest and Royse, 4 cars,
all of Spay.
Oregon, is $450,000. A considerable
portion of this sum has already been
raised In Portland and other parts
of the state.
In the Sweet Bye-and-bye
Most of us can remember the day
when, in order to get into a shirt
(meaning the outer variety), it Iwas
necessary to back off a yard, maneu
ver the garment in question much as
the toreador manipulates the crim
son plush before the festive bull, and
hen, at a propitious moment, nose
dive through it. And then along
came some genius who said: "Why
all these unnecessary gymnastics?
Why not a shirt that goes on like
a coat?" and it was so.
The world had been waiting for
just such a blessing ever since the
ancient Greeks wrapped the draper
ies of their couches about them and
called it getting dressed and how
simple it all seemed when it was
once thought out!
Some day, perhaps, another genius
will arise to tell us exactly what is
the matter with the world and ex
actly how to remedy the whole thing
over night. And twe will all gasp de
lightedly and say, "How simple!
Why didn't somebody think of it
before?" American Legion Weekly.
Homesteading Chances in Mor
row County Fast Growing Less
Legion, in a letter to all Department
omciais urging enthusiastic partici
pation In the celebration, "that the
Legion appeals to all Americans to
make our 1920 Armistice Ray mem
orable throughout the years to come.
We want It to be a tribute above all
else, to our country and our flag and
the flags of the heroic Allies. In a
still higher sense, it should be a sol
emn, affectionate dedication of our
lives to the principles for Iwhich more
than 100.000 of our countrymen and
millions of our comrades in arms
made the supreme and final sacri
fice. The Legion since it is 'the
splendid youth who served America
because they loved America,' can ap
propriately take the initiative in this
movement. And because the Legion
is a true and representative cross-
section of our national citizenship
it is confident that Americans gen
erally will wholeheartedly cooperate
to make the celebration a success.
Briefly, the tentative plans con
template that commanders of Legion
Posts will procure a supply of ap
plication blanks, with detailed in
structions for filling them out, from
the nearest Army post or recruiting
station. Posts then will provide fa
cilities for having the application
blanks typewritten, certified by a no
tary public or an officer of the regu
lar military establishment, and for
warded to the War Department. Per
sons who are to receive the medals
will be asked to give the delivery ad
dress in care of the commander of
the nearest Legion post, who will
take charge of all such medals for
warded and arrange for appropriate
distribution on Armistice Day. In
dividuals who receive medals diroet
from the Government twill be asked!
to place them in the custody of the!
post commander and participate wn,.
the Legionnaires at the presentation
ceremonies. The functions, accord
ing to the plan, will be of a commun
ity nature and details will be left to j
local committees composed of Le-I
gionnaires, public officials, business'
men and representatives of patriotic!
and civic organizations. j
Bryan Doeant Like Either One.
"I don't like either one of them,"
said Wm. J. Bryan in speaking at
the Fossil Chautauqua, direct from
the democratic national convention
at San Francisco. Bryan flayed the
democratic and republican parties for
their timidity in refusing to say one
word In favor of the abolition of the
liquor traffic and accused the leaders
of each of trying to bring back the
saloon.
The Way Wheat Multiplies.
Spokane. Wash. Grain twhlch
grew from one kernel of wheat was
pulled up on the D. W. Dickinson
ranch on Eureka flat and the heads
"threshed" by hand, there being 1350
kernels of wheat in the heads.
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State Chamber Drive De
ferred Here Until Fall
The drive to raise Morrow coun
ty's quota of the three year budget
for the State Chamber of Commerce
will not be carried on at the present
time as was originally planned. P.
E. Magruder and S. C. Haight, repre
sentatives of the state chamber, were
in Heppner this week and after con
ferring with local business men de
cided that it would be best to put tm.
campaign on here in the fall. The
total quota to be raised in the state
for advancing the best interests of
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Houses at Portland,
Seattle, Taroma,
- Spokane, Boise.
ONLY "QUALITY PRINTING" PRODUCED AT THE G.-T.
Tli 6 plan to hold an agricultural
exhibit here in the fall is a good one.
It will serve to keep alive the fair
spirit until such a time arriveB that
we can put on a "regular" fair.
The man with his own kitchen at
tachment, supplying his awn imme
diate thirst, will proUably have no
sympathy for the man who is in the
wholesale business.
The Presidential Primaries A
Complete Failure
The presidential preference pri
mary, as its name suggests, was de
signed to reveal a preference among
candidates. In this it has signally
failed in the case of both parties. Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler doesn't hes
itate to say of the primary that it has
been "both a fraud and a farce." n,v
en when a candidate "swept" a
state, It may have meant that only
SO per cent, or less, of the party vote
'was recorded. In some states the
results were confused and complica
ted because party lines were not
drawn In the voting. In many In
stances delegates to the convention
were committed by the primary re
sult to vote for a candidate they did
There is a mighty small patch of
homestead land remaining in Morrow
county, according to figures from the
geneal land office at La Grande. This
statement shows that there are now
but 2160 ace of land in this county
subject to homesteading. Baker
leads all counties in the district with
156,826 acres. Following is the list
of six counties of the La Grande Land
Office district and the uumber of un
reserved, unappropriated acres In
each:
Baker , 156,82
Grant 20,760
Morrow 2,160
Umatilla 21,371
Union 4,920
Walldwa 22,000
AMERICAN LEGION TO
Indianapolis, Ind. Under ar
rangements just completed with the
War Department, the American Le
gion becomes the Instrument tor dis
tribution of the Victory Medals
which the Government is presenting
to every American soldier, sailor,
marine, field clerk or nurse who serv
ed honorably for any period between
April 6, 1917 and Nov. 11, 1918,
The presentations will take place
on Armistice Day in a series of si
multaneous ceremonies to be held
under Legion auspices throughout
the world, making possible a stupen
dous celebration which is destined
to eclipse anything of the kind ever
attempted in the United States. The
Legion hopes to make the event of
November 11 the crowning feature of
the greatest of all Armistice Days
the most Impressive and memorable
patriotic function In which Ameri
cans ever participated and one de
signed to live In history as an epoch
al milestone in the nation's lite.
It is planned that not only mem
bers of the Legion but all ex-service
persons and the next of kin of those
iwho died or lost their lives In battle,
will join their comrades and their
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MACHINERY
We have both the DEERING and McCORMICK Lines.
Mowers, Rakes, Reapers
Binders and Headers
and a complete stock of extras for both lines.
would advise getting your extras at
the earliest date possible as they will
probably be bard to get later on.
FOR more tire mileage, more miles to a
gallon of gasoline, greater riding comfort
and for the best possible tire investment
iVexf Time BUY FISK
These tires are built to this Ideal t
To be the best concern in the world to work for and
the aquarett concern in existence to do business with."
Chas.3H.;Latourell
aft!.
Gilliam & Bisb
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NOW IS THE TIME TO
Clean Up
Bring in your rags and we will pay you a good price.
We also buy all kinds of rubber, brass, copper,
hides and old scrap iron.
Up-to-date service station for autoists and truck
drivers. Zerolene Cup Orease, Red Crown
Gasoline, Pearl Oil and Mica Axle Grease.
G. M. Schempp
Gary Trucks
1 to 5 Tons
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5 Models
8 Sizes
Contractors, Lumbermen,
Loggers, Farmers,
Dairymen
ATTENTION
We can now make the most liberal terms to purchasers of trucks for
all kinds of contract work, fourteen to eighteen months to pay up in- no
payment to be made while trucks are idle during winter months. Putvour
boy or hire someone to operate a truck on a contract job and earn a truck
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